Lafarge Africa Plc, a distinguished member of the LafargeHolcim Group—the world’s largest building and concrete solutions company—is seeking a highly accomplished and strategic professional for the role of Category Manager, Raw & Packaging Materials. As a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Lafarge Africa Plc is dedicated to providing Nigeria with a comprehensive range of building and construction solutions, serving projects from individual home buildings to significant infrastructure developments.
This pivotal role offers an opportunity for a skilled
individual to drive category performance and contribute to global category
strategy within a multinational leader in the building materials sector.
🎯 About the Role
Job Title: Category Manager, Raw & Packaging
Materials
Requisition ID: 15487
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
The Category Manager, Raw & Packaging Materials
assumes full accountability for the performance and strategic initiatives
within their assigned category, both in Nigeria and in other countries where
responsibility has been designated through the category charter. The Manager
will actively participate in regional or global category management teams,
representing the Country's interests and ensuring strategic alignment.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
and Accountabilities
The Category Manager’s primary responsibilities revolve
around strategic category management, execution, and performance delivery.
Strategy and Execution
- Category
Performance: The Manager will participate in the management of cluster
categories for the Lafarge Group, representing the Country in
cross-functional teams and holding full accountability for category
performance.
- Strategy
Development: The role requires developing sophisticated Procurement
category strategies as a key member of the category management team. These
strategies must be integrated and aligned with overarching global
strategies and the broader Lafarge business objectives.
- Savings
and Efficiency: Driving the realization of targeted savings, supply
efficiency improvements, quality enhancements, and process optimizations
in Nigeria and other assigned countries, in strict alignment with regional
and global strategies, is a core focus.
- Project
Initiation: Identifying saving opportunities and proactively
initiating individual projects and initiatives across all operational
levels.
- Target
Delivery: The Manager assumes complete accountability for delivering
targeted bottom-line results for each category.
Reporting and Compliance
- Reporting:
Providing regular, concise reports and updates to local, regional, and/or
global governing bodies (councils) as necessitated by strategic
requirements.
- Compliance:
Ensuring the execution of the category strategy and agreed-upon actions
within the Country. Where issues of compliance are identified, the Manager
will systematically find and eliminate the root causes.
- Process
Management: Initiating and supporting the RFx processes locally as
defined by category strategy. The Manager must ensure that the procurement
initiatives tracking tool (PITT), where implemented, is meticulously kept
up-to-date for all owned initiatives and projects.
Stakeholder Management and Alignment
- Driving
Initiatives: Proactively driving initiatives and projects,
identifying, and removing potential barriers to successful completion.
- Strategic
Alignment: Ensuring that local strategies are fully integrated with
and in alignment with the regional and global category approach and key
Lafarge stakeholders.
- Change
Management: Aligning diverse stakeholders through focused and
effective change management programs.
- Global
Participation: Where appropriate, the Category Manager will
participate in regional or global category teams to ensure the successful
implementation of strategy and the achievement of established targets and
results.
🤝 Internal and External
Relationships
The Category Manager will engage with a wide network of
internal and external partners to achieve strategic objectives.
Internal Stakeholders
- Functional
and Manufacturing senior management.
- Operational
Management (e.g., Plant Managers, Financial management).
- Global
and Zone Category Management teams, where applicable.
External Stakeholders
- All
local and International Suppliers pertinent to the raw and packaging
materials category.
🛠️ Required
Qualifications and Experience
Lafarge Africa Plc seeks a candidate who possesses a proven
track record in strategic procurement and demonstrated leadership capabilities.
Education and Experience
- A B.Sc./HND
qualification is required.
- A
minimum of five (5) years of experience in a strategic procurement
role, such as category management or sourcing, with demonstrable exposure
to supply chain management, complex strategic sourcing, and optimal
procurement processes and standards.
- Candidates
with an Engineering or Operational background will have a distinct
advantage.
Skills and Competencies
- Cross-Functional
Acumen: Demonstrated high performance in working effectively within
cross-functional teams, possessing the requisite drive and energy to
successfully deliver a challenging benefits and capability building
agenda.
- Communication:
Excellent written and oral communication skills are mandatory, with the
ability to communicate effectively and convincingly at all levels
(including technical and operational) and across all functions in English.
- Negotiation:
Expert negotiation skills are essential for achieving optimal supplier
agreements.
- Risk
Assessment: Proven ability to assess potential risks associated with
supplier and market changes and integrate this assessment seamlessly with
category and sourcing strategies.
- Data
Analysis: Demonstrated proficiency in the analysis and interpretation
of complex data.
- Problem-Solving:
Proven ability to quickly identify problems, make sound judgments, and
establish and implement effective solutions.
- Organization:
Highly effective time management, planning, and organization skills are
necessary, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
and drive tasks to completion within fixed time-frames and pressured
environments.
- Collaboration:
The ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and build
robust relationships across multiple functions, countries, regions, and
diverse cultures.
- Category
Knowledge: Demonstrated broad understanding of the content, processes,
and delivery channels within the assigned categories.
- Resilience:
Ability to effectively deal with ambiguities, conflicts, and adversarial
relationships with professional composure.
Mobility Requirements
- Flexibility
for travel is required, both within the Country where applicable,
and internationally when and where required by business needs.
➡️ Application Process
Interested and qualified candidates are strongly encouraged
to submit their applications. Details on how to apply are provided via the
dedicated career portal.
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